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When you approach a level crossing with a railway provided with barriers and when the audible signals and the red light signals are in operation, you are warned that a rail vehicle is approaching, with the barriers to close automatically. In this situation you have the obligation to reduce the speed and to stop in front of the barrier.

The correct answer is: B

Recommendations:

The complete explanation of the sign --> Level crossing with a simple railway with half-barrier, provided with light signals warning the approach of the train

The obligations of the drivers of vehicles at the Railway, depending on its type - Audio-Video Lesson --> Road Traffic Code - Level crossing with the railway

OUG* - Article 60

(1) The traffic participants must show increased caution at the approach and crossing of the current or industrial railway lines, as the case may be.
(2) At the level crossing with a current railway provided with barriers or half-barriers, the drivers of vehicles are obliged to stop at the sign that obliges to stop, if these are in the process of lowering or in horizontal position and/or the audible and light signals announcing the approach of the train are in operation.
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Regulation** - Article 69

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(2) At the level crossing with the current railway provided with automatic signalling installations without barriers, the prohibition of road traffic is carried out, optically, by the operation of the devices with intermittent-alternative red lights and the extinguishing of the control signalling represented by intermittent white light and, acoustically, by the emission of intermittent audible signals.

Regulation** - Article 70

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(4) At the level crossing with the railway provided with automatic signalling installations with barriers, the signalling of prohibition of road traffic is carried out under the conditions provided in art. 69 paragraph (2), as well as by the lowering in horizontal position of the half-barriers.

Regulation** - Article 71

(1) The signalling of prohibition of road traffic is considered carried out even only in one of the following situations:
a) by the lighting of a single light unit of the device with intermittent-alternative red light;
b) by the operation of the audible system;
c) by the horizontal position of a single half-barrier.
(2) Road traffic is also considered prohibited in the situation in which the barriers or half-barriers are in the process of lowering or raising.

Regulation** - Article 136

(1) At the level crossing with the current railway, the driver of the vehicle is obliged to drive with reduced speed and to make sure that from the left side or from the right side no rail vehicle is approaching.
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Regulation** - Article 137

(1) The driver of the vehicle may cross the current railway provided with barriers or half-barriers, if these are raised and the light and audible signals are not in operation, while the signal with intermittent white light with slow cadence is in operation.
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Regulation** - Article 138

(1) The driver of the vehicle is obliged to stop when:
a) the barriers or half-barriers are lowered, in the process of lowering or raising;
b) the signal with red lights and/or the audible signal are in operation;
c) encounters the sign “Level crossing with simple railway, without barriers”, “Level crossing with double railway, without barriers” or “Stop”.
(2) The vehicles must stop, in the order of arrival, in the place where there is maximum visibility over the railway without passing the signs provided in paragraph (1) letter c) or, as the case may be, before the stop marking or before the barriers or half-barriers, when these are closed, in the process of lowering or raising.

* OUG = GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 195 of December 12, 2002 updated (Road Traffic Code)
** Regulation = REGULATION for the implementation of OUG 195/2002 updated (Road Traffic Code Regulation)